Sharing system

Abstract

A sharing system includes a management apparatus connected to a plurality of user terminals, a storage facility terminal provided in a storage facility, and a plurality of relay facility terminals respectively provided in a plurality of relay facilities through a network. The management apparatus includes a usage processing unit configured to perform usage processing of an article. When the usage processing unit receives a usage request, which is transmitted from the user terminal and which includes a usage user and a usage article, the usage processing unit transmits, to the storage facility terminal, a transport instruction to transport the usage article to the relay facility corresponding to the usage user, as the usage processing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sharing system, in which a storage facility for storing an article and a plurality of relay facilities are provided on a circulation route of a vehicle to share the article with a plurality of users, the sharing system comprising:
 a management apparatus connected to a plurality of user terminals, a storage facility terminal provided in the storage facility, and a plurality of relay facility terminals respectively provided in the plurality of relay facilities through a network,   wherein the management apparatus includes a usage processing unit configured to perform usage processing of the article, and   wherein, when the usage processing unit receives a usage request, which is transmitted from the user terminal and which includes a usage user and a usage article, the usage processing unit transmits, to the storage facility terminal, a transport instruction to transport the usage article to the relay facility corresponding to the usage user, as the usage processing.   
     
     
         2 . The sharing system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the management apparatus further includes a return processing unit configured to perform return processing of the article, and   wherein, when the return processing unit receives a return request, which is transmitted from the user terminal and which includes a return user and a return article, the return processing unit transmits, to the relay facility terminal corresponding to the return user, a transport instruction to transport the return article to the storage facility, as the return processing.   
     
     
         3 . The sharing system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the management apparatus further includes a payment processing unit configured to perform payment processing, and   wherein, when the usage processing unit performs the usage processing, the payment processing unit performs payment for a usage fee of the usage article using a payment method associated with the usage user, as the payment processing.   
     
     
         4 . The sharing system according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the payment processing unit performs payment for a storage fee using a payment method associated with an owner of the article, as the payment processing.   
     
     
         5 . The sharing system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a user management database in which the user is associated with the relay facility.   
     
     
         6 . The sharing system according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein, in the user management database, the user is associated with a payment method.   
     
     
         7 . The sharing system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an article management database in which the article is associated with availability information.   
     
     
         8 . The sharing system according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein, in the article management database, the article is also associated with a usage fee.   
     
     
         9 . The sharing system according to  claim 7 ,
 wherein, in the article management database, the article is also associated with an owner and a storage fee.